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ChordPolyPad update gets state saving, AB 3 MIDI support! +Portrait mode
Really cool. But portrait mode might take some getting used to. Handy for working with TF apps I guess!
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P.S. StepPolyArp got a little update, too. Thank you!
Two of the best right there. Glad to see them both still receiving ministrations.
One of those apps I simply do not open often enough ... great for the ivory tickling disinclined or disadvantaged.
I'm challenged. Which app are you referring to? I don't have ChordPolyPad on the assumption that Navichord had that covered (and it had a fairly extensive update this week as well — midi input, and midi learn).
Sorry, was referring to ChordPolyPad - and for similar reasons, I don't have Navichord
StepPolyArp has quite possibly remained on my wish list, unpurchased, longer than any other music app. I've almost bought it, like, 17 times ...
Have both. Both essential
Buy it. It gets where nothing else quite does. Seriously.
+1
Only wish it was universal!
I rarely use Navichord. I like the idea that the app will reveal harmonic relations, but as nicely designed as it is, it still seems to rely on the user having an idea what s/he is doing in terms of theory. As a guitarist, I was hoping for happy accidents, but not many so far. Also, Navichord's built-in sounds are really uninspiring, and the thought of finding a patch in Odyseei or Animoog that I might drive from Navichord...I've already started on something else....
Endorsed by both Johnnys ... Looks like #18 for the win, and soon
At the end of most days it's my most reliable writer for keyboards.
@JohnnyGoodyear Love to know what ChordPolyPad has got that makes it essential to someone who already owns Navichord? I love StepPolyArp so I'm sure Laurent has got some good stuff in there. Thanks in advance!
It is universal.
SPA is?
Nope. Only CPP. A crying shame.
Yep, I want SPA as universal!
I love both and both have ways that I find superior as regards finding melodies, I find CPP easier to play, the sliding from one pad to another is sublime (to me).
Each ChordPolyPad pad can be configured to send midi parameters on its x and y axis. There's no end to the possibilities there. You can control things like filter cutoff and resonance right on the same pad as you're playing a chord, or have separate pads with just midi CC's on them.
8 banks of 8 pads per preset = a lot of chords and/or parameters without having to switch presets.
Each pad can have its own midi out settings, though this is basically crippled when used as an AB3 Midi input. I hope the developer gets up to speed with AB3's multi-out system both for this app and for StepPolyArp some time because at this point both apps lose effectiveness when in Midi send positions in AB3.
The chord library and search are brilliant IMO.
There's optional velocity detection. I haven't tried that so can't say how well it works.
Oh, and works on iPhone.
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Navichord has gotten onboard properly with the AB3 Midi system though. The absence of this in ChordPolyPad and StepPolyArp is dissapointing by comparison.
Here's a better example:
But yeh, put StepPolyArp in the middle of any of them to liven things up.
How is this different?
You can't split out the voices.
+999
How would you implement that in ChordPP?
Can't. That's my point.
Both CPP and SPA not inserted as an AB3 Midi sender can send out on multiple channels. CPP can have each pad going to a different channel. SPA can send each row of the arp to a different channel.
But, as an AB3 sender, they can only send on one unified output. They haven't got with the program of implementing AB3's multiple outputs capability, and are therefore in some ways less effective in AB3 than not - currently.
Except for that, though, to me CPP has the edge over Navichord feature-wise..